I Stop Somewhere Waiting for You (Queen City Book 1)

by Amanda Jones

Trust me, you’re dodging a bullet. I’m a walking red flag.” “Oh, but baby, red’s my favorite color.”

Because my problem is I thought I was on the board with a pawn… but I just got checked by a motherfucking Queen. I am so fucked.

“Open your eyes,” he breathes, his voice labored. “I want those beautiful baby blues on me when you fall. I want you to remember exactly who makes you feel like this.”

Mav sits up, his face glistening with remnants of me, and I fucking swear to Christ it’s the sexiest sight I’ve ever seen. Like I fucking own him.

“No one but me will ever touch this body again. Do you understand me, J?” “You think you own me?” I force out, teetering on the edge. “No,” he nips at my ear, “you own me. And I protect my fucking Queen.”

“Do you love me yet?” the question spills from my lips. Her breathing stalls, faltering in her throat as I continue to caress her face. “Because I don’t know how this all works… but I really want to say it to you.”

“I promise to never run too far. I promise I’ll always stop somewhere, waiting for you to catch up.”

She’s staring up at me, her piercing blue eyes looking at me like I’m her whole fucking world and I silently thank whatever glitch occurred in the universe to give me her.

I would burn my empire to the ground for one more glance containing the love, desire, and adoration she used to reserve for me alone.

I only hope she’ll let me show her that I’m serious. Because if she doesn’t, if she walks out and goes back to him, which she would be well within her right mind to do, I know I won’t survive losing her again.

“I look at you and I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world.”

“I just couldn’t stop. Because the day I didn’t send them, the day I’d let one of those dates pass without acknowledging, it would mean we really were done. To me, it was my last tie to you, and I just couldn’t bring myself to cut it.

“When you came back, it wasn’t the universe giving me a second chance. It was righting a wrong. When I broke us, I fucked with fate. The universe brought you back because we were made for each other. And I promise you, I will never do anything to hurt us ever again.”